Leonie Mack

Author: leoniemack

  • What to write next…

    I was that kid who, at nine years old, said I wanted to be an author when I grew up. I wrote a mostly-finished sci-fi fantasy when I was fifteen (okay, I didn’t quite finish it, which probably says something about the psychology of writing). I wrote my first romcom at twenty-one (it has some…

  • ANOTHER Publication Day

    This year has been a wild ride, with three books out in quick succession, plus one getting a paperback print run within those same months. On top of all of that, I’m back ‘home’ in Australia for the first time in seven years. It’s been a lot to process. Well, today is the third of…

  • Why ‘RomCom’ can be a reductive word…

    I’ve seen it lots of times from readers on social media: ‘Why is this book called a RomCom? I didn’t think it was very funny.’ Or the opposite: ‘This book was so funny, but I didn’t feel the chemistry between the love interests.’ Why the current obsession with coupling romance with comedy? Obviously, it does…

  • Why I don’t always like publication day

    I am truly excited for Head Over Wheels to be out in the world today. This book was a joy to write and it’s a privilege to have people reading my words (and actually paying for them!) So why the title of this post? Publishing is one of the most competitive environments that exist. Not…

  • Time for a holiday to Lake Garda

    Today is the beginning of Sophie and Andreas’s epic second chance romance adventure! An Italian Wedding Adventure is now available in ebook, paperback, hardback, large print and audio from all retailers and it’s also in Kindle Unlimited. If you like: then this book is for you! Eight years ago, on 29th February, wedding planner Sophie-Leigh…

  • A Feb 29 proposal gone wrong…

    Imagine you’re a wedding planner and your clients are adventure enthusiasts who want to get married at the top of a mountain in Italy. You’re out of your depth; you suggest to your boss that the agency could perhaps work with an adventure travel partner on this one. Then when you turn up to the…

  • Why two publishers?

    Now the news is out that I have two sports romcoms coming with Bedford Square Publishers, as well as my travel romances continuing to be published with Boldwood, I thought I’d take a moment to explain what led to this situation. It’s something of a natural experiment, as the two publishers have opposite approaches to…

  • Cover Reveal for Head Over Wheels

    It’s just three months and one day until Head Over Wheels!! I’m calling it the ‘Grand Départ’ like the Tour de France haha. So here is the beautiful cover! For some more background on the cover development, read on. I am utterly thrilled with the cover for Head Over Wheels. My publisher engaged the extremely…

  • Announcing Head Over Wheels

    The news is out! As well as my destination romances, I’m also writing spicy sports romcom. Sports is one of my favourite subgenres of romance to read, because of the jeopardy, the high-stakes win or lose situations and the big… egos (haha). After getting hooked on the Tour de France and then World Tour road…

  • Free Promo Novella

    As I’ve got an exciting pivot coming in 2025, I decided to start the year with a bang – including a rather literal one – in the form of a free promotional novella for subscribers to my Substack newsletter! I got it all ready yesterday and it was distracting me from the next important draft…